[plug] Help on Importing Access DB into MySQL

[Craig Ringer]

> Unless you're an extremely unusual Access user, your database consists
> of a lot more than a database schema and some data. Queries, Access
> forms, VBA modules and reports are not touched by any conversion tool
> I've seen (if I'm wrong and someone knows of one, *PLEASE* let me know. 
> Quickly :-)

What this comes down to, in my book, is that MS Access is actually a 
fairly impressive app. The only thing I know that comes close is 
FileMaker (which I haven't used since version 1.0, so a lot could've 
changed!). I'd _love_ to see something like access available, esp if it 
could integrate nicely into OpenOffice - its one of the big weak-points 
in the current Open Source application "stable".

Of course, as others have mentioned, nothing stops you using access -> 
MySQL through ODBC, or even better access -> PostgreSQL. Its a useful 
half-way point which, crucially, keeps your _data_ off your windows box.

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Craig Ringer
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